Policies
Medication
Labs
Pain Meds
Heparin
100
How many days of CHG wipes must a patient get if they are an ortho patient?
What is three days post-op?
100
give an example of a PPI
What is protonix
100
What color tubes do you need for a transplant Lifelink labs?
What is 3 yellows and 2 reds
100
Can you give an injection of pain medication that is labeled for a 7-10 pain level of pain when a patient has a pain level of 4, just because the patient asks for it?
What is no. You have to give the PRN pain medication labeled for a 4-6 pain level.
100
How many people must verify heparin when you hang this medication as a new medication.
What is 2 RNs.
200
Give an example of an NIPP
What is flu and pneumonia vaccines, central line care,
200
When would you hold Insulin
What is when the order parameter is not meet, or they are NPO for OR
200
How often must you complete your Inform II cap to not be locked out of the glucometer?
What is 6 months
200
A patient is medicated at 1321 with PO pain meds. The nurse will reassess pain in ________.
What is one hour
200
Name three injectable blood thinners
What is Lovenox, Arixtra, Heparin, and Argatroban
300
What should you do if a patient is admitted to the floor with skin breakdown
What is place in incident report that says sores or wounds were present on admission, place a skin care consult and order and air mattress
300
If your patient has medication at the bedside what should you do?
What is complete a medication inventory form and send medications to pharmacy
300
How many people must be present for a Type and Cross and how many RNs?
What is 2 people need to be present, one phelbotomist and one RN or 2 RNs
300
A patient has been receiving a lot of pain medications. You are doing rounds on your patients and find your patient unarousable. You call the STAT team and they give you an order to administer what medication.
What is Narcan.
300
A patient with a mediport asks to leave the floor and be disconnected from his IVF and asks you to flush his port. You as the RN go to the Accudose, make your selection, and grab a ___________
What is 100 unit concentration flush (yellow heparin flush)
400
All trach patients should have what three things at the bedside
What is ambu bag, trach one size small and same size and suction kits and cleaning kits, suction
400
What time frame do you have give a patient a medication on time
What is an hour before its time and one hour after
400
Lab calls for a critical value. What do you do next?
What is call physician within 15 minutes with critical value
400
Your patient arrives to the floor with a PCA. The nurse expects to assess this patient _______________.
What is every 4 hours?
400
If you have a patient on a Heparin drip, what color tube would be checked? What lab and what is the frequency of the lab that is checked for Heparin?
What is Light Blue top. PTT and CBC. Baseline, every 6 hours with any adjustment made, 6 hours and 12 hours, and then daily until any adjustments made then it goes back to 6 hours.
500
If you are unsure of a policy where would you look
Where is the portal
500
How long are Vancomycin eye drops good for?
What is 3 days
500
If you need a potassium level completed in 15 minutes, where can you send the lab?
What is Respiratory lab
500
Your worklist shows that you have to complete a POSS score. You are orienting a new student and she asks "What does that mean?" You explain ___________.
What is Pasero Opioid Sedation Scale which monitors the sedation level of the patient. Certain parameters we have to reevaluate and/or call the MD or STAT team.
500
What report can you look at to monitor trends and recent lab values used to monitor for the Heparin drip?
What is Anticoagulation Report under Reports tab in Flowsheets.
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